Gearbox components exchange (Spain)
Gearbox components exchange (Spain)
As part of a long-standing cooperation with a Spanish customer, MTU Power carried out a gearbox components exchange. The scope of the project included exchanging bearings and the wheel set, as well as aligning the GT with the gearbox and generator.
Requirements and challenges
- Bearing damage
- Scratches detected by MTU in the “tooth flank” during the half-yearly inspection of the package
- Scheduled 100,000 hours GT maintenance
Solution and scope of supply
- Exchange damaged bearings
- Lifting new wheel set in gearbox (pinion shaft and gear wheel shaft)
- Determine axial bearing clearance
- Alignment: GT – Gearbox – Generator
- Job executed during scheduled 100,000 hours GT maintenance, in turn saving costs
Results and benefits
- Extended lifetime
- Higher flexibility and availability
- Failure prevention
- Operation within OEM specifications
- Reduced bearing and seal wear
- Coupling shaft diaphragm fatigue and damage avoided
- Vibrations avoided
Interested in a similar workscope or have questions? Please contact
Janko Matheussik
Project Manager Power Plants
Project Manager Power Plants
